tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post196937517161719287..comments2023-09-27T07:44:19.769-04:00Comments on Sabine Hossenfelder: Backreaction: QuietSabine Hossenfelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-56164224510450993242008-10-21T22:04:00.000-04:002008-10-21T22:04:00.000-04:00Hi Bee,“Makes me wonder whether there's a daily re...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>“Makes me wonder whether there's a daily reservoir of words that can get exhausted?”<BR/><BR/>I would suspect it has more to do with the person themselves becoming exhausted rather then the word reservoir. This more likely indicates it’s time to relax to permit yourself to simply observe rather then expound for a while. I would suggest serving yourself some of that Ebbelwoi Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-90550626764624440642008-10-21T21:17:00.000-04:002008-10-21T21:17:00.000-04:00Hi Phil,Thanks :-) I presently feel somewhat like ...Hi Phil,<BR/><BR/>Thanks :-) I presently feel somewhat like I've run out of words. Written too many emails, letters, research statements, drafts, proposals etc. Makes me wonder whether there's a daily reservoir of words that can get exhausted? Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-57090802386826243072008-10-21T20:42:00.000-04:002008-10-21T20:42:00.000-04:00Hi Bee,“One could say possibly writing is part of ...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>“One could say possibly writing is part of my being, but I don't feel particularly enchanted by the medium of blogs specifically.”<BR/><BR/>Understood, I think! None the less, if what you write is made somehow available to read it will form to be something I will continue to enjoy, even if it turns out that I will have no way afforded to make comment upon it. Either way I Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-31359685938773122008-10-21T09:24:00.000-04:002008-10-21T09:24:00.000-04:00Hi Phil,On the risk of disappointing you, blogging...Hi Phil,<BR/><BR/>On the risk of disappointing you, blogging has definitely not become 'part of my being'. One could say possibly writing is part of my being, but I don't feel particularly enchanted by the medium of blogs specifically. Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-39463508950851267862008-10-21T08:51:00.000-04:002008-10-21T08:51:00.000-04:00Hmmm.....BY nature then and such evolutionary deve...Hmmm.....<BR/><BR/>BY nature then and such evolutionary development one can progress?<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_sciences#Criticism" REL="nofollow" TITLE="The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals">Social Sciences</A>?<BR/><BR/>Does this then capture the meaning of "scientific progress" PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-66729542137751630662008-10-21T08:31:00.000-04:002008-10-21T08:31:00.000-04:00Hmmmm.......I would expect under the ole school, a...Hmmmm.......<BR/><BR/>I would expect under the ole school, a recursive slide(extremism) as an alternative by implication of an opinion to an ideal of the world "without borders" under a capitalist intent to such a scientific process? <BR/><BR/>To be smudged by suggesting a faith based belief system as evidence of this "socialist agenda?"<BR/><BR/>World without borders under this new scientific PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-90367323884432251092008-10-21T08:04:00.000-04:002008-10-21T08:04:00.000-04:00Quiet can mean "taking stock?"Old School and Dogma...Quiet can mean "taking stock?"<BR/><BR/>Old School and Dogmatic thinking and you may have a socialist scientific agenda in that election process?:) Colin who? How does one equate a cry from the "old school" and see "such change is needed?"<BR/><BR/>When looking at the trends of resource use I wonder if the trickle down effect actually works under a capitalist/socialist agenda? Maybe a control of PlatoHagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00849253658526056393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-46844781566828534212008-10-21T07:37:00.000-04:002008-10-21T07:37:00.000-04:00Hi Stefan,Just as a follow up, it’s not that I bel...Hi Stefan,<BR/><BR/>Just as a follow up, it’s not that I believe that we can continue on our current track, it’s just that I’m saying the track to be taken next must be much better defined, outlining goals and methodologies that are based on promise not on fear. <BR/><BR/>For me environmentalists when they imagine a new world should imagine one where we might actually like to live, rather then Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-27182991838176440732008-10-21T07:31:00.000-04:002008-10-21T07:31:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-51507970657512985852008-10-21T06:48:00.000-04:002008-10-21T06:48:00.000-04:00Hi Stefan,Interesting article, from which also the...Hi Stefan,<BR/><BR/>Interesting article, from which also the scientists themselves are faced with a question; that being to ask if the expansion of science and more generally knowledge is also limited by the scale of our economy? I would ask for instance if projects like the LHC or better yet the future exploration of space is dependent on it? My main criticism is that the premise is false as Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-58201070450506571422008-10-20T16:43:00.000-04:002008-10-20T16:43:00.000-04:00Dear Bee,If 'depression' means the world is more q...Dear Bee,<BR/><BR/><I>If 'depression' means the world is more quiet and is slowing down in its pointless attempt to outrun itself, I am looking forward to it.</I><BR/><BR/>Have you seen the <A HREF="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026786.000-special-report-how-our-economy-is-killing-the-earth.html" REL="nofollow">Special report: How our economy is killing the Earth</A> in the New stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495628046446378453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-49002182355287532072008-10-20T10:56:00.000-04:002008-10-20T10:56:00.000-04:00Robert, Bee and Uncle Al, you certainly can't be s...Robert, Bee and Uncle Al, you certainly can't be so naïve as to think that subjective humans can permit an objective machine to do a key-choice work for them: not only science but <I>all</I> human activity has always been based on those subjective, “personal” choices, especially when it's the choice of another, “proxy” person... You can find the proposition of a more realistic, human-based but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-16004461252854525362008-10-20T05:04:00.000-04:002008-10-20T05:04:00.000-04:00Hi, bee, well, not that I can offer any job now, b...Hi, bee, well, not that I can offer any job now, but I'm interested what kind of job Would you like (if you don't mind posting that here. if you do, mind that is, anyway we wish you very best in your endeavour)<BR/><BR/>ps. the world is quiet because everybody is at the dentist, and you cant even scream there ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-22493236992284046842008-10-19T17:25:00.000-04:002008-10-19T17:25:00.000-04:00Hi Uncle,Sure, I've had the same thought, and I've...Hi Uncle,<BR/><BR/>Sure, I've had the same thought, and I've plenty of other ideas how to improve the world (some of which you might find on this blog). However, unless absolutely necessary I would prefer not to spend the time of my life with software development. Best,<BR/><BR/>B.Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-46200134316205391832008-10-19T17:21:00.000-04:002008-10-19T17:21:00.000-04:00Hi Giotis,No, I haven't read it. But I've seen Idi...Hi Giotis,<BR/><BR/>No, I haven't read it. But I've seen <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy" REL="nofollow">Idiocracy</A>, which very aptly describes the decline of the West ;-) If 'depression' means the world is more quiet and is slowing down in its pointless attempt to outrun itself, I am looking forward to it. It is funny though to imagine the information ping-pong on the internetSabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-86957163491332078172008-10-19T16:22:00.000-04:002008-10-19T16:22:00.000-04:00Hi Bee,I get the feeling that not only the blogosp...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>I get the feeling that not only the blogosphere but the whole world is quiet. Quiet and tired. Is this an omen of the depression that everybody is talking about? And moreover this would be just a temporal economical depression or the first sign of a declining civilization? <BR/><BR/>Maybe Oswald Spengler was right when he was talking about the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-32065424873928999602008-10-19T14:59:00.000-04:002008-10-19T14:59:00.000-04:00You should not be seeking a new position, Bee. Fo...You should not be seeking a new position, Bee. Found a central clearinghouse for the annual filing process. One form, one data cache, international in scope. Software does all the nuisance work surveying good matches, filling in non-standardized submissions, and massively spitting paper back in governments' faces for visas and other certs.<BR/><BR/>Would it not be grand for each open Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-32308978669023827542008-10-19T12:05:00.000-04:002008-10-19T12:05:00.000-04:00Hi Bee,“Am I the only one who thinks this is a qui...Hi Bee,<BR/><BR/>“Am I the only one who thinks this is a quiet time in the science blogosphere?................. Anyway, in case you haven't yet noticed it's THIS time of the year again - this time when the postdocs are getting busy with updating their CV and checking the job postings.”<BR/><BR/>Damn now you’ve blown my theory apart for I thought that science blogging might correlate to the Phil Warnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671311338712852659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-41607984157949884802008-10-19T10:51:00.000-04:002008-10-19T10:51:00.000-04:00Hi Robert,Indeed, I was thinking the same. There a...Hi Robert,<BR/><BR/>Indeed, I was thinking the same. There are some pages where you can upload your CV/research interests etc in a database but what I'd really like to get around is this collecting of addresses and trying to figure out who wants what documents and how many letters to what address, email or snailmail or both and so on. What I'd actually want to do is check some boxes of jobs I'm Sabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22973357.post-28706777619077757862008-10-19T10:47:00.000-04:002008-10-19T10:47:00.000-04:00Boy am I glad I don't have to do this anymore --- ...Boy am I glad I don't have to do this anymore --- at least for some time. This can be so frustrating. And we still lack a centralised procedure like a single web page where candidates can post their cv's, where they would like to go to, have referees upload their comments and research groups browsing the market rather than filling in about a dozen different web pages with all differen upload Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06634377111195468947noreply@blogger.com